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Michaela Kuefner
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Michaela Kuefner
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Chief Political Editor @dwnews. Speaking to German policy makers non-stop, so you know what Germany will do next. Podcast Host "Berlin Briefing".
- NATO Summit in DC also means Canadian PM Justin Trudeau hops out of a car right in front of as you walk to your first live.00:00
- Merkel’s modest pre-dinner criticism of Indian PM Narendra Modi’s Kashmir clampdown: “the Situation for the people there is unsustainable and not good.”
- #firstdaughter Ivanka #Trump gets hissed at by all-female audience for describing her father as "advocate" for women&families #Berlin#W20
- Berlin is setting up barriers around the Holocaust Memorial. The latest tangible sign of the rising fear of antisemitism.00:00
- Angela Merkel helps Holocaust survivor Margot Friedländer to her seat at 75 Year Celebration of Germany‘s Constitution. Celebrations are underway for Germany‘s "Basic Law". Art. 1 "Human Dignity shall be inviolable."00:00
- Germany announces deployment of troops and Patriot weapons system to Slovakia to secure NATO Eastern Flank. Move comes as Germany still strategically shaken by Putin’s full scale attack on Ukraine.
- Breaking: German Chancellor Scholz announces defence boost. Will in future spend minimum of 2% on defence. To meet 2% by 2024. Will propose special fund of € 100 BN for strategic security. Details and timeline unclear but this is twice the current defence budget. Major shift.
- On plane to Paris: Newly elected Chancellor Merz to talk defence and trade policy and coordinate approach to US on first trip to Paris and Warsaw. Ukraine features large. Sees UK PM Starmer as key ally. Due to have first phone call with Trump Thursday. No US travel plans yet.00:00
- Fun fact: Merkel’s leaving present from her staff is a set of high tech walking sticks, a water bottle and a bread tin to take for hikes. Merkel likes hiking.00:00
- Breaking: Germany plans to send criminal asylum seekers back to Afghanistan. "Who abuses the protection we provide, loses the right to this protection." The German chancellor announces plans to change German law and create new charges.00:00
- Just in: Germany to deliver 2700 ”Strela“ air defence rockets to Ukraine.
- Germany agrees to Turkish demand that Kurdish militia groups in Syria must be disarmed. Following talks with Turkish FM Hakan Fidan, Germany’s Baerbock stresses Kurds must also live in security. Warns against harming Syria‘s territorial integrity = any Turkish military action.00:00
- Außenministerin @ABaerbock darf sich auf eine „sehr robuste Diskussion“ mit US Außenminister @SecBlinken zu Deutschlands Hafen- und Chipfabrikverkäufen an China gefasst machen, antwortete mir gerade ein US Sprecher im G7 Vorabbriefing. Hier übrigens ”on the record“.
